(35.) Good is received byLove. .Nor was it ever the intent of the Holy Ghofk, to tales Faith in Chrig in fo narrow a fence as includeth not love to him, when it is fawns Faith that isfpoken of, The like may be _raid of Gratitude.; being a madification of a right Re.. cerving, Rev. 2, 2.i7 1 2. This faith by which weare jugifiedandfaved, is the Re- ceiving of jefits Chrifl as Jcfeu Chrilk ; and as a Saviour entire- ly; andas a Phyfitian of our Souls, to cure us of, and fave us from both Guilt and Power of fin, and the mifery due for it, And fo it is the Receiving of Chrijk 4s a Prophet to Teach us, and a King to Rule us, and a Prielk, after the Order of Meichizedeck, now to intercede for us, and not only as a facri- fice for our fins, or afatisfier of jafkicefor us. Its the Receiving of whole. Chrip. 13. It is not only without anyground in Gods word, but fully again/k it , to fay, that faith jugifieth only as it apprehendeth Chrilk at 4 Ranfoni, or latisfrer of juflice , or Meriter of our jufkification , or hisRighteoufnefs as ours, andnot as it Receiveth him as King, or as s Saviour from the fkain and tyrannie of Sin : If the word As refpea but the Aptitude and matter of Faith, it is both ; and theScripture-makes no fuch dilkinaion here : but if it reftiea- the nearefl. formal Reafon of faiths Lore- refi in our jultification, then it is neither as one nor as the other. Though ex pane Chrifii it be only his Ranfom and Merit, that fa- tisfyetlo and purc.bafeth our ju/lification (as it is Chrift as King that juftifeth us .alually Ter ex parte nofiri, it is not our re- ceivingChrift in on reffred- that procures one benefit , and our Receiving kim in another refpcil that procures another benefit ; but it is the full lincere Reception of himas our Saviour, in all the epntial parts of his °Ice , which is the Conditionof our Rig:Ot in him, and allhis benefits that accompany him ; f that the ?,ecef- fity of diIkergUi(hing the feveral caufes of our falvottion in Chri,11., or th- feveral ben4ts which he brings andwe receive , doth not infer any neceffity of afcribing! he ETeE s to feveral aff s of faitb, or feveral ropeFl- s as it is dz/tinguifhed accordng to thefe feveral obiear, or roeffs in the obye:Ei- : Becaufe Faith cloth not make Ch-i/ and his benets ours, by a proper natural Reception, which is alwaysa Paffion, but by an improper Moral Reception,pro- perly calledAcceptation, andcalled Reception.&eptilatively, as be.. ing F 2 1011,4.1 r, Kahl. t 2, TO% Ron.,14,4, Rev. 1;5,18. Phil. 2.9,10) Mat.I as 29. Luk.T9.27, Ron, .00.9, 10,13. Mar,174; Mar.9.7. loh.12.46, 4714-8. Aet.1.30,33, 34,36,38. A(5.1.15,183 22,13,26. Aff.5.3 T. Iol,.tz .35% & 153, & S. 31. z 6, 27,33.
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